Dementia Discussion-More About Apples

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Are Apples in Your Future

If you like bugs, you could be an entomologist. Entomologists are insect specialists that help growers identify the good and bad bugs in their orchards. They also recommend ways to control bad bugs so they don't damage apple trees.

If you like machines, you could be an apple grower, apple packer or apple processor. Apple growers use sprayers, mowers and other machines in the orchards. Apple packers use large machines to wash, sort and pack apples for customers. Apple processors use many different kinds of machines to make apple juice, applesauce and other apple products.

If you like trucks, you could be an apple hauler. Haulers drive to farms and packing houses, load their trucks with apples and deliver them to supermarkets, processors and other customers.

If you like supermarkets, you could be a produce manager or apple buyer. Produce managers take care of the fruit and vegetable section in the supermarket. Apple buyers work with apple growers and apple shippers to get apples for the supermarket to sell.

If you like to sell, you could be an apple shipper. Apple shippers sell apples to supermarkets, restaurants, school cafeterias and other places. They sell apples in many countries including England, Israel, Canada and Costa Rica.

If you like to play "store", you could be a farm market manager. Farm marketers sell apples and other produce at farm stands and country markets. Many farm markets also provide fun activities for their customers such as pick-your-own apples, wagon rides, playgrounds and harvest festivals

A Discussion for Those with Dementia-Types of Apples

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Here is a complete list of types of apples courtesy of All About Apples

Aceymac
Adams Pearmain
Adanac

Akane
Akero
Akifu Fuji

Albany Beauty
Alexander
Alfriston

Alkmene
Allington Pippin
Almata

Ambrosia, USPP #10,789
American Summer Pearmain
Ananas Reinette

Anaros Anderson Jonathan
Andre Sauvage
Anna
Antonovka
Api Etoile

Arkansas Black
Arlet
Aroma

Aromatic Russet
Ashmead's Kernel
Astrachan, Red

Aurora Golden Gala®
Austin Apple (Sponsel cv.)
Autumn Gold (Hein cv.), USPP #9,907

Autumn Pearmain

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Bailey Sweet
Baldwin
Ballarat Seedling (Stewart cv.)

Barry
Batmans Tree Battleford
Beacon
Beautiful Arcade
Beauty of Bath

Beauty of Stoke
Bedfordshire Foundling
Belle De Boskoop

Belmac
Belmont
Ben Davis

Benoni Berne Rose
Bess Pool

Beverly Hills
Billie Bound
Bismark

Black Amish
Black Gilliflower
Black Oxford

Blackjon
Blacktwig
Blaze
Blenheim
Blue Pearmain
Blushing Golden

Boiken
Bolero ®
Bonnie Best

Bonza
Bottle Greening
Braeburn

Braestar ® (Brayleet cv.)
Bramley's Seedling
Breakey

Breakwell's
Britemac
Brock

Brown Sweet
Brownlees' Russet
Buckingham

Buff
Bulmer's Norman
Burgundy

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Calville Blanc
Calville Rouge d'Automne
Cameo (Caudle cv.), USPP #9,068

Campfield
Canada Red Canada Reinette

Captain Kidd Cardinal Von Galen
Carlos Queen

Carmeliter Reinette
Carpentin Carroll

Cat's Head Champlain Cheddar Cross

Chehalis
Chenango Strawberry
Cherry Cox

Cherry Pippin Chestnut Crab
Chieftan

Chinook, USPP #10,669, PBR #0386
Chisel Jersey
Cindy Red
Cinnamon Spice
Claygate Pearmain
Cleopatra
Coe Fuji (Ebbourcoe cv.), PPAF
Coe's Golden Drop
Cole's Quince

Colvis Spice Connell Red
Coppertone
Corail (Pinova cv.), USPP #11,601
Cornish Aromatic Cornish Gilliflower

Cort Pendu Plat Cortland
Court Of Wick
Court Pendu Plat
Cox's Orange Pippin
Crawley Beauty

Crème D’licious
Creston, USPP #10,739
Crimson Crisp

Crispin
Criterion
Crofton

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D'Arcy Spice
Dabinett
Dandee Red, PPAF

Davenport Russet Davey
Dayton,USPP #5,584

Delblush, protected in France
Delcon
Delicious

Detroit Red
Devonshire Quarrenden
Discovery

Doctor Dologo Doctor Hogg Doctor Matthews

Dolgo Crab
Dorsett Golden
Double Red Jonathan

Duchess
Dulcet

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Earliblaze
Earlichief Delicious Earligold, USPP #4,820

Early Harvest
Early Joe Early Mcintosh

Early Red Early Strawberry
Early Victoria
Eddie April
Edith Smith Edward VII

Egremont Russet
Ellison's Orange
Elstar

Emperor Alexander Empire
Empress

English Beauty Enterprise (Co Op 30 cv.), USPP #9,193
Epicure

Erwin Bauer
Etter's Gold
Excel Jonagold, USPP #10,314

Exeter Extra Red Gala (Wyles cv.)

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Fall Pippin
Fallawater
Fameuse

Fearns Pippin
Fiesta
Fireside

Firmgold
Five Crown Pippin Florina (Querina cv.)

Fortune
Foxwhelp
Franklin

Frauen Rotacher
Freedom
Freyburg

Fuji
Fuji Lynd Spur (Fuji Spike cv.)
Fukunishiki
Fukutami

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Gala
Gala Supreme
Galarina (Borkh cv.)

Galaxy Gala (Kiddle cv.)
Gano
Garden Royale

Garland
Geeveston Fanny Geneva

George Carpenter
George Cave
Gernes Red Acre

Gideon Gilbert Gold
Gilpin
Ginger Gold (Mountain Cove cv.), USPP #7,063
Gloster
Gold Rush, USPP #9,932

Golden Crab
Golden Delicious
Golden Earl

Golden Haralson
Golden Hervey Golden Noble

Golden Nugget
Golden Pearmain
Golden Pippin
Golden Reinette
Golden Russet
Golden Supreme ®

Golden Sweet
Goodland
Goof

Granny Smith
Gravenstein
Gray Stark
Green Sweet
Greensleeves
Grenadier

Grimes Golden
Grove

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Haas
Hampshire, USPP #8,519
Haralred (Lautz cv.)

Haralson
Harcourt
Hauer Pippin

Hauxapfel
Hawaii
Hawkeye Delicious

Hawley
Hayne's Seedling
Hazen

Henry Clay
Herrings Pippin
Heyer 12

Heyer 20
Hidden Rose Hightop Sweet
Hokuto
Holiday
Holly

Holstein
Honeycrisp,USPP #7,197
Honeygold

Hoople's Antique Gold
Horei Horneburger Pancake

Horse
Howgate Wonder
Hubbardston Nonesuch

Hudson's Golden Gem
Hunt Russet
Hyde King
Hyslop Crab

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Idaho Spur
Idared
Imperial Gala ®, USPP #4,121

Imperial Red Delicious Ingrid Marie
Irish Peach

Itzstedster Apfel

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Jacob's Strawberry
James Grieve
Jefferies

Jerseymac
Jesse Hall Jonafree, USPP #4,633

Jonagold
Jonagored Supra, ®, Jonagold (Morren cv.), USPP #10,401 and/or USPP #5937
Jonalicious

Jonamac
Jonathan
Jonica Jonagold, USPP #7,146

Jonnee Red Jonathan
Jonwin
Jordan Russet

Jubilee
Juliet July Red

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Kandil Sinap
Karin Schneider
Karmijn De Sonneville

Katja
Keepsake
Kent

Kerry Irish Pippin
Keswick Codlin
Kidd's Orange Red

King
King Cole
King David

King of the Pippins
King Of Tompkin's County
King Russet
Kingston Black
Kinsei
Kleinheart (Sponsel cv.)

Knobbed Russet

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Lady
Lady In The Snow Lady Sudeley

Lady Williams Lakeland
Lamb Apple Pearmain

Late Harrison
Lawspur Rome
Laxton's Fortune

Laxton's Superb
Leather Coat
Lehigh Greening
Lemon Pippin
Liberty
Limbertwig

Lindamac
Lobo
Lodi

Lombart's Calville
London Apple (Sponsel cv.)
Lord Lambourne

Lord Nelson Lubsk Queen
Lydia's Red Gala (Hilltop cv.)

Lyman's Large Summer

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Macoun
Macspur
Magiemer
Magnum Bonum
Magnum Gala (Stiekema 1 cv.), USPP #11,182
Mahogany
Maiden's Blush
Maigold
Malinda

Malus Floribunda
Mantent
Margil

McIndoe's Russet McIntosh
McLean

McLellan
McLicious
McShay

Medaille d'Or Melba
Melon

Melrose
Melrouge
Mendocino Cox

Merton Beauty Merton Delight
Merton Russet
Merton's Charm
Milo Gibson
Mio
Miracle Mac
Mollie's Delicious
Moore Sweet

Mother
Mountain Boomer
Moyer's Spice

Muscadet de Dieppe
Muscat de Bernay
Muster
Mutsu

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Nectarapple
Nehou
Newell's Large Winer
Newell's Late Orange
Newtown Pippin
Niagra

Nittany Nonesuch
Norland

Northern Lights
Northern Spy
Northfield Beauty

Northwestern Greening
Nova Easy Gro
Novamac

Novaspy
NuRed Jonathan

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Ohio Nonpareil Old Nonpareil Oliver

Ontario
Opalescent Orange Sweet

Orenco
Orin
Oriole

Orleans Reinette
Ortley Ottawa

Ozark Gold

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Pacific Beauty
Palmer Greening
Park's Pippen

Parkland
Patterson Paula Red (Arends cv.)

Peasgood Nonsuch
Peck's Pleasant
Perrine Transparent
Perry Russet
Pettingill
Pewaukee
Pilot
Pinata
Pine Golden Pippin
Pineapple (Sponsel cv.)
Pink Lady (Cripps cv.), USPP #7,880
Pink Pearl

Pink Pearmain
Pink Princess
Pink Sparkle

Pinova
Pioneer
Pitmaston Pineapple

Pixie Crunch
Plum Crabbie (Sponsel cv.)
Polka ®

Pomme Gris
Pomme Royale Porter


Porter's Perfection
Prairie Spy
Priam

Priestly Prima Prima, USPP #Reissue 28,435
Primate

Primevere Princess
Prinzenapfel
Priscilla, USPP #3,488
Pristine ®, USPP #9881
Pumpkin Sweet

Puritan

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Quebec Bell
Queen Cox
Quinte

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Ralls Genet 'Rall's Janet'
Rambo
Ramsdell Sweet

Raritan
Razor Russet
Red Astrachan

Red Baron
Red Berlepsch
Red Bietigheimer

Red Bouquet Delicious
Red Cortland
Red Delicious

Red Gold
Red Gravenstein
Red Idared

Red June
Red King Red Delicious
Red Prince Red Delicious

Red Rome
Red Royal Limbertwig
Red Spy
Red Wealthy
Red Winesap
Redchief Delicious
Redcort ®
Redfield
Redfree, USPP #4,322

Redmac McIntosh
Redmax, USPP #7,167 Redsleeves

Redspur Red Delicious
Redwell
Regal Gala (Applewaites cv.)

Regent
Reine de Reinette
Reinette de Angleterre
Reinette Gris Du Canada
Reinette Russet
Retina

Reverand Morgan
Revival
Rezista Early Jon-like ®, PPAF
Rezista Gala-like ® (Releika cv.), PPAF Rezista Gold Granny ® (Goldstar cv.), PPAF Rezista Rome-like ® (Rajka cv.)
Rhode Island Greening
Ribston Pippin
Richared

Richelieu
Rocket Red Braeburn, PPAF
Rome
Rome Beauty
Ross Nonpareil Rouville

Roxbury Russet
Royal Court TM
Royal Empire

Royal Gala
Royal Red Delicious
Royal Russet

Rubinette
Rubinola
Runkel

Rusty Coat

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Saint Edmund's Pippin
Salome Sam Young
Sandow
Sansa, USPP #6,519
Sayaka
Scarlet Crofton Scarlet Gala (Creech cv.)
Scarlet O' Haralson (Sponsel cv.)

Scarlet O'Hara (Co op 25 cv.)
Scarlet Pippen
Schmidtberger Reinette

Schweitzer Orange Scifresh (Jazz cv.)
Scotia
Scotian Spur McIntosh, USPP #10,770
Seek-no-further
Seiko-fu Red Fuji

Sekai Ichi
Senator
Senshu

September Wonder Fuji (Fiero cv.), USPP #11,193
Shamrock
Sharon

Shay
Shiawassee
Shinsei

Shizuka
Sierra Beauty
Signe Tillisch

Silken (BC 8S-4-33 cv.), USPP #10740, PBR #95-670
Sinta
Sir Prize, USPP #3,988

Skinner's Seedling
Smokehouse
Smoothee ® Golden Delicious

Snow
Somerset of Maine Sonata, USPP #11,601

Sops of Wine
Spartan
Spencer

Spigold
Spijon
Spitzenburg

Splendour
Sponselli (Sponsel cv.)
Spur Gala (Lynd cv.)

Spur Winter Banana
Spuree Rome
Stark Spur Delicious

Starking Delicious
Starkrimson Red Delicious (Bisbee cv.)
Starks Gala

Starr
State Fair
Staybrite Winesap
Stayman
Stayman Winesap
Stearns

Strawberry Strawberry Chenango
Strawberry Parfait

Strawberry Pippin
Sturdeespur (Miller cv.)
Sturmer
Sturmer Pippin
Sugar Shack (Sponsel cv.)
Summer Mac

Summer Pearmain
Summer Rambo
Summer Rose

Summer Treat
Summer Yellow Summerred
Sun Fuji, R Suncrisp (NJ55 cv.), USPP #8,648
Sundance

Sundown (Cripps II cv.), USPP #8,477
Sunny Brook
Sunrise

Sunset
Suntan
Superchief Spur Red Delicious

Surprise
Sutton Beauty
Swaar

Swayzie
Sweet Alford
Sweet Bough

Sweet Delicious
Sweet Gourmet Sweet Russet
Sweet Sixteen
Sweet Winesap
Swiss Gourmet (Arlet cv.), USPP #6,689

Swiss Limbertwig

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Tallow Pippin
Taylor
Telstar

Thome Empire
Tiger (Sponsel cv.)
Tioga

Tohoku Toko
Tolman Sweet

Tompkin's King
Top Red Red Delicious
Transcendent Crab

Transparent Tremlett's Bitter
Triple E Fuji (Torres cv.) USPP #12,219

Tsugaru
Tumanga
Turley Winesap

Twenty Ounce
Twin Bee Gala Tydeman's Early
Tydeman's Late Orange
Tydeman's Red

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Ultrared Gala (Obrogala cv.)

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Valstar Elstar ®, PPAF
Vanda
Vanderpool Red

Victory
Viking
Virginia Gold
Virginia Greening
Vista Bella

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Wagener
Waltana
Walter Pease

Waltz ®
Wantage
Washed Russet

Wayne
Wealthy
Wellington

Wellington Bloomless Westfield Seek-No-Further
Westland

Wheeler's Golden Russet White Astrachan
White Winter Pearmain

Whitney Crab
Wickson
William's Pride, USPP #6,268

William's Red Willie Sharp Winesap

Winston
Winter Banana
Winterstein

Wismer's Dessert
Wolf River
Worcester Pearmain

Wyken Pippin

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Xavier De Bavay
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Yakata Fuji, USPP #7,001
Yarlington Mill
Yellow Bellflower

Yellow Newton Yellow Transparent
Yellow Tremlett's
York
York Imperial

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Zabergau Reinette
Zestar ™ (Minnewashta cv.), USPP #11,367
Zuccalmaglio's Reinette

Slow onset of dementia with brain activities

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Posted by Sarah Harlan - email

(NBC) - Slowing the onset of dementia may be as simple as shuffling a deck of cards.

A new study confirms playing games, like cards and Bingo, might help delay the rapid memory decline.

Older adults diagnosed with dementia were able to ward off the accelerated memory loss by more than a year if they participated in at least 11 activities that exercised their brain each week, and that included reading, writing, playing games, playing music or even having conversations.

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Games to Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease

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Brain Blogger

There are many games for computers and gaming systems claiming to help keep your brain young. Is that all hype? There are several ways to keep the brain healthy and active, and these games use a few already known concepts.

The saying “use it or lose it” is especially true when it comes to the human brain. We need daily stimuli, like puzzles to keep our brains exercised. Artistic activities that challenge you like drawing and painting can give your brain the stimulation and exercise needed for long term healthy function. These concepts are all utilized in most of the new brain games, and therefore the games are not all hype, but are proposed to help fight off Alzheimer’s and dementia. Though some scientists think that these games are premature and that the science doesn’t yet conclusively prove their benefit.

So maybe puzzles and artistic challenges alone enough to keep your brain young. An active brain is not necessarily a healthy one. There are several other things you can do to ensure you really keep your brain healthy. As you work to keep your body healthy through exercise and nutrition you are also feeding your brain. Research has shown that exercise develops new blood vessels in the brain that carry more oxygen-rich blood to the areas of the brain responsible for thinking. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle gives you the benefit of avoiding some of the other medical problems and habits that increase the chances of dementia in old age.

When planning your nutrition, remember your brain needs B vitamins. Leafy green vegetables and whole grains give you the folic acid, B12 and B6 necessary for the healthy function of your brain. Keeping your blood pressure healthy and your cholesterol low impacts your brain and is a natural byproduct of a healthy nutritional plan and exercise regimen. Avoiding the use of tobacco and abuse of alcohol lowers the chance that you will experience dementia, while moderate alcohol use can actually improve the health of the brain. There have been many scientific studies that offer preliminary proof that low doses of alcohol have been linked to a reduction in the risk of dementia.

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Samarion Fall Prevention System reduces nursing home injuries

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Among older adults, falls are the leading cause of injury deaths and non-fatal injuries. Now, a cutting edge fall prevention system is helping nursing home residents maintain optimal health.

State of the art technology is changing the way nursing homes operate. Inside The Guardian House Alzheimer’s facility in Louisiana, each room is equipped with a Samarion Fall Prevention System. Guardian House CEO, Neal Rider said, “We have a ‘smart’ system, which is a computer system that will learn patient movement and activity.“

Rider says each resident has an individual profile that determines the risk for potential falls. If they are categorized as a “fall risk,“ the computer and motion sensor devices will monitor their every move in bed and alert the staff if anything is abnormal. Looking at the computer screen as an alert comes in, Rider said, “You can see the unauthorized bed exit alert is coming in and you can see the individual getting out of the bed. It identifies where the person is in the building and where other individuals and staff are located throughout the building.“

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Dementia & Person-Centred Care – Advanced Care Planning

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Lancashire and Information Library Service

Abstract:

Many people want to be able to plan ahead, so that if in the future they cannot make decisions or do things, their wishes will be known. This is called Advance Care Planning (ACP). Although it is part of official NHS policy (NHS End of Life Care Planning), ACP is hardly ever done, and it may become more difficult once a person has memory problems. In the UK, there is very little research into ACP. By the time someone has signs of dementia, families often become involved. We are uncertain how this affects ACP and the views of the person with dementia, particularly with the new Mental Capacity Act which allow families to comment on health, as well as financial, issues. Our study will be exploring the area of ACP, especially in dementia, by

• looking at the experience of other countries through a systematic review of the existing literature;

• finding out what people who have carried out ACP in this country think through interviews and focus groups;

• considering what factors might help professionals to encourage the process of ACP in practice; and

• looking at how ACP might be done better for people with dementia.

The ultimate aim of our study is to produce guidance on ACP for both people with dementia, their families and health care professionals.

Lancashire Care staff can request the full-text of this paper, email: susan.jennings@lancashirecare.nhs.uk

Strategies for infusing well-being (part 3)

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Long Term Living

Promoting Social and Mental Well Being

Offer a wide range of activity programming that includes card games, like bridge or even simpler ones, or brain teasers, such as Sudoku or crossword puzzles

Identify residents willing to lead sharing seminars or tutor other residents on subjects related to their own careers or interests (e.g., watercolor painting, Internet surfing, and political science)

Set up daily newspaper groups where the residents share information about a specific section to the rest of the group

Have activity items available on the unit for residents to “borrow” (e.g., craft or scrapbooking supplies, playing cards, lending library, sewing materials, model building supplies)


Establish a welcoming committee of residents who mentor new arrivals for their first month by answering questions, encouraging participation in activity groups, and making introductions to other residents

Encourage the formation of clubs (e.g., poker, book, drama, politics, and debate)

Hold contests that promote interaction (e.g., scavenger hunts, team competitions, and dance contests)

Schedule “open mic” events for residents to share poetry, comedy, and musical talents with each other

Organize residents to complete volunteer activities together for the local community



Occupational therapy practitioners are key partners in promoting well-being in the long-term care setting. With science, research, and evidence-based background that places equal importance on the physical, mental, social, and environmental factors that impact participation in meaningful daily activities, occupational therapy practitioners can expertly identify and eliminate barriers to wellness for this specific population of older adults. For example, occupational therapy practitioners can:

assess a resident's physical and cognitive capacity to engage in various facility activities (e.g., confirming a resident has the motor skills and attention to safely assist in assembling lottery calendars for a facility fund-raiser);

modify the environment to promote participation (e.g., installation of wheelchair-height flower boxes in the garden to allow residents to do their own spring planting);

adapt activities to facilitate engagement (e.g., introducing one-handed stabilizing devices and one-handed typing skills to allow a resident with a recent stroke to be able to return to publishing the monthly facility newsletter); and

assist residents in identifying and engaging in those activities of greatest importance to them (e.g., working with staff to develop a morning routine that enables a resident to get up and be ready in time for daily church services).


“The Well Elderly Study,” landmark research published in 1997,1 was the feature article in the Journal of the American Medical Association. This study, conducted by occupational therapists at the University of Southern California, examined the effectiveness of occupational therapy in health promotion efforts for low-income, community-dwelling older adults. Results of this study demonstrated that occupational therapy was more effective than a control group that either received social activity services or no interventions in maintaining a healthy and more independent lifestyle. Subsequent follow-along studies proved the economic value of this preventive approach.

Wellness may seem to be an easily achievable goal if your facility has the programming and tools to address resident needs in a traditional format, but there are steps you can take to promote wellness in your setting even without specific resources.

The evidence for improving the well-being of those living in long-term care settings through occupational therapy and occupation-based interventions is significant. Such interventions can be integrated into daily programming by all staff and at minimal cost through identifying activities that are physically, mentally, and socially meaningful to residents and providing opportunities for engaging in them. If you are having difficulty getting started, ask your occupational therapy professionals to help you make the first step.